rullion
noun
rul·lion
ˈrəlyən
plural -s
chiefly Scottish
: a large rough-looking person or creature
Word History
Etymology
probably from obsolete English (Scots) rullion shoe made of untanned leather, probably alteration of Middle English (Scots) rewelin, rewling shoe of rawhide, from Old English rifeling; perhaps akin to Old English gehriflian to wrinkle, shrivel